It's too arrogant! Do lewd actions in public! He blows up the idol!

Basketball Big History Ball

2024-04-27 23:07Published in Fujian

In the first round of G3, the Timberwolves defeated the Suns 126-109 and led 3-0.

In this game, Timberwolves star Edwards played well again, playing 43 minutes in the game, shooting 12 of 23, 1 of 5 three-pointers, 11 of 11 free throws, scoring 36 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, plus or minus +19.

In the first quarter, Edwards was on fire, making 4 of 8 in a single quarter and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 12 points;

In the crucial fourth quarter, Edwards broke out again, shooting 5-of-7 in the single quarter and 8-of-8 from the free-throw line, scoring 18 points.

This is the second 30+ game of the Edwards series, after G1, he had 14-of-24 in a single game, 4-of-8 three-pointers, and scored 33 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, leading the Timberwolves to a 120-95 victory over the Suns, and his plus/minus in that game was +19.

Counting these 2 30+ games, Edwards' career playoffs 30+ times have come to 7, tying the "old wolf king" Garnett and tying for the first place in team history, here are two comparisons:

1. Garnett played a total of 47 playoff games for the Timberwolves in his career, while Edwards only played 13 playoff games

2. Edwards has played a total of 302 regular season games in his career, of which only 66 are 30+, and an average of only 1 30+ game for every 5 games

There are a lot of stars in the current roster, and they can be considered superstars in the regular season, and they can even be selected for the All-Star team and be elected MVP, but when it comes to the playoffs, it declines, and there are too many examples to mention.

Even if you look at the history of the NBA, there aren't actually many stars who can make the playoffs stronger than the regular season, and Edwards is definitely one of them.

Taking the past two seasons as an example, Edwards compared the regular season and the playoffs:

- In the 2021-22 season, he averaged 21.3 points per game in the regular season and a true shooting rate of 56.0%, and in the playoffs, he averaged 25.2 points per game and a true shooting rate of 60.4%

- In the 2022-23 season, he averaged 24.6 points per game in the regular season and a true shooting rate of 56.4%, and in the playoffs, he averaged 31.6 points per game and a true shooting rate of 61.5%

In the regular season this season, Edwards averaged 25.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game, shooting 46.1%/35.7%/83.6% from three, and 57.5% from the field.

In three playoff games so far, he is averaging 28.0 points per game. 7 rebounds and 6.3 assists, shooting 49.2%/36.8%/90.5% from three, and 61.5% true shooting.

Edwards was very good in the regular season, combined with the Timberwolves' top three records in the West, he may be selected to the best team for the first time in his career, but objectively speaking, in this era of data blowout, Edwards does not make people feel "eye-catching", his score is not even in the top ten, and the true shooting percentage is only the league average.

However, in the playoffs, Edwards has completely transformed, and his points, rebounds, assists, three-point shooting percentage and true shooting percentage have all improved, and he is currently up to +53 plus/minus in three games, second in the league.

Of course, there really isn't enough sample, but combined with the past two seasons, no one should question Edwards' performance in the playoffs, which is a real big-game player and very daring to play.

In terms of the past three games, Edwards can be said to have truly beaten the Suns Big Three opposite:

- Beal is Edwards' main defender, Edwards played a total of 27 minutes against Beal, 128 possessions, shooting 11-of-21 from the field, and finishing with 34 points and 7 assists

-- Booker played against him the second-most, with a total of 5 minutes and 26 rounds, Edwards made 5 of 10 from the field, and had 11 points and 3 assists

- The most "unreasonable" is Durant, Durant is actually misplaced against Edwards, a total of less than 4 minutes, 18 rounds, but Edwards shot 7 of 14, scored 16 points and 2 assists

So, when you hear Edwards say in the post-game interview: "I just want to kill everything in front of me", he may not really be joking, especially when he meets his idol Durant, as long as he is right, it must be a single, which can be regarded as the greatest respect for idols.

Let's talk about this series, it's really unexpected.

In the regular season, the Suns completed a sweep against the Timberwolves, with an average net win of 15.7 points in the three fields, including the final game, the two sides played a serious "rehearsal", and the Suns won by 19 points, so before the start of this round of the series, it is not uncommon to think that the Suns will go down to the next and advance.

Unexpectedly, I didn't expect that after the start of the playoffs, the Suns were beaten to no end, losing to the Timberwolves by an average of 18 points in three games, and this game G3 did not lead from beginning to end.

If you want to say why there is such a big contrast, in addition to the Suns not playing style, Edwards is really a huge difference, he only averaged 14.3 points per game against the Suns in the regular season, but has averaged 28.0 points per game so far in the playoffs, and the average points per game have skyrocketed by 13.7 points in the same three games.

There was another highlight at the end of the game, when Edwards scored a long pass to Gobert and also caused a second-degree malicious foul on Okogie, and then Edwards made a WWE classic DX (Degeneration X) celebration "Suck it", which cost Embiid $25,000 and $35,000 in fines by the NBA for "lewd action".

Huazi was very arrogant in this round of the series, and he sprayed trash talk at Durant in the first game, and this time there was such a fine-level celebration - it's good to be young, he is really crazy, but, who made him have the ability.

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